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in this chapter, in an}' other manner than by artificially or naturally 

 baited hook and hand-line, hand or dip net, sweep-seine, or salmon- 

 pot, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars : pro- 

 vided^ however, that towns may permit the use of set nets for taking 

 herring and alewives. 



Sect. 49. If a minor takes a trout in any other manner than by 

 hook and line, his guardian shall be liable to a forfeiture of one dollar 

 for each-trout so taken ; but this section shall not extend to anj^town 

 unless section two of chapter eighty-three of the General Statutes or 

 this section has been adopted thereby. 



Sect. 50. All prosecutions under the preceding section shall be 

 instituted within thirty days from the commission of the oflTence. 



Sect. 51. Whoever takes a trout, land-locked salmon, or lake 

 trout between the first day of October and the first day of April, or 

 buys such fish taken in this commonwealth between said dates, or 

 takes a trout, land-locked salmon, or lake trout with a net or salmon- 

 pot at an}' season of the year, shall forfeit not less than five nor more 

 than twenty dollars for each fish so taken. * i8S4, i7i. 



Sect. 52. Whoever at any time obstructs with a salmon-pot more 

 than ouQ-half of a waterfall, channel, or rapid, or sets, uses, or main-* 

 tains a salmon-pot the diameter of which is more than two feet, or 

 who, when the taking of salmon is forbidden by law, sets, uses, or 

 maintains any salmon-pot whatever, shall forfeit ten dollars for the 

 first off"ence, and twenty dollars for every subsequent offence ; and in 

 addition shall forfeit all fish taken and the salmon-pot used. i884, i7i. 



Sect. 53. Whoever sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or has in 

 his possession, a trout, land-locked salmon, or lake trout, except 

 alive, between the first day of October and the first da}' of April, 

 shall forfeit for every such fish taken in this commonwealth between 

 said dates ten dollars ; and the possession of any such fish between 

 said dates shall be prima facie evidence to convict. i884, in. 



Sect. 54. The mayor and aldermen of evei'y city, the selectmen 

 of every town, and all police officers and constables, shall cause the 

 provisions of the preceding section to be enforced in their respective 

 cities and towns ; and all forfeitures and penalties for violations 

 thereof shall be paid one -half to the person making the com- 

 plaint and one-half to the city or town in which the offence was 

 committed . 



Sect. 55. Whoever takes shad or alewives, except in the Con- 

 necticut, Taunton Great, Nemasket, and Merrimack Rivers, and their 

 tributaries, in any other manner than by naturally or artificially 

 baited hook and hand-line, on any day of the week but Monday, 

 Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and whoever takes shad except in 

 the Connecticut River, or alewives, between the fifteenth day of June 



